I saw this two days ago on BBC, and after listening to the "sound bite" I thought, "There's no way to compare. Give me a sample sound bite of a good violin with Thomastik strings, and the SAME violin with spider silk strings. Then I will have a basis for comparison." With their current sound sample I can't tell if it's the violin that's responsible for the overall sound and tone, or the string(s). Still, very cool. Tom D > Yes- I got the news from one of my lute students yesterday. I heard a > sample sound bite on the radio on the way home from work today, > somewhat strange sounding- reedy, "webby", a touch ethereal & > otherworldly in a nice way. How the hell did they harvest and process > it? About 12 years ago some archery folks tried to gather spider silk > for bow strings (apparently the strength to mass/weight ratio is > unbelievable) but they got tangled up in a sticky, nasty web mess and > abandoned the project. > > Dan > > > > On Mar 6, 2012, at 12:41 PM, Anthony Hind wrote: > > > Violin strings out of spider's thread: > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17232058 > > Anthony > > > > -- > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > >
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